Extra Credit Questions

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Right, Rob. Kudos.

Thomas Lincoln made a coffin for Abraham and Sarah's brother, Tommy. He also carved the letters T.L. into a stone that would be Tommy's grave marker. Little Tommy lived only a few days.

Tommy was buried in the Redmon family cemetery on a knoll overlooking the Lincolns' farm.

In 1933, while clearing the cemetery site, workers from the Works Progress Administration came upon a small stone buried just below the surface. The stone had the initials T.L. carved into it, and the initials were an exact match with the T.L. that Thomas Lincoln carved into pieces of cabinetry which he made for neighbors. It was felt that this was indeed little Tommy's grave marker.